Home remedies that just plain aren't true

Despite all of her wisdom, chances are your mom told you a lot of things that just plain aren't true.

10:14 PM,
May 6, 2013

Written by

Dayna Harpster
| dharpster@news-press.com

Did Mom tell you to plaster a cold steak on your black eye? Or warn you not to drink coffee because it would stunt your growth?

Well, "the assertion that the drink makes for a nation of hobbits has been proven false," according to How Stuff Works. It points to a study of 81 adolescents followed over six years; even the most dedicated caffeine consumers among them showed no difference in rate of bone gain or bone growth from the others.

Caffeine has long been suspected of contributing to bone loss in some older people, which is likely how the idea took hold. Other than the temperature of a refrigerated, ...